Cabela's Savage 12FV THREAD FEST

[65Whelen]

Ordered 9/10, picked my 6.5
today. This my doner, all I wanted is the action, going to build a chassis rifle. My winter project.

[Mozella]

Ordered 9/10, picked my 6.5
today. This my doner, all I wanted is the action, going to build a chassis rifle. My winter project.

Yeah, me too. I just finished my 6.5mm Creedmoor build and I'm going to the range for the first time later this morning. It's got a 28" Bartlein barrel, lightened Accutrigger, and a modified Boyd's stock. I filled the forearm cavity and magazine well with led shot and epoxy. I was hoping to get the weight over 20 pounds but it wound up a little shy of 17 pounds. I should have used solid lead rather than shot/epoxy.

Now I gotta' find a home for the never-fired Savage factory barrel in .308 caliber.

[Ted_Feasel]

Yeah, me too. I just finished my 6.5mm Creedmoor build and I'm going to the range for the first time later this morning. It's got a 28" Bartlein barrel, lightened Accutrigger, and a modified Boyd's stock. I filled the forearm cavity and magazine well with led shot and epoxy. I was hoping to get the weight over 20 pounds but it wound up a little shy of 17 pounds. I should have used solid lead rather than shot/epoxy.

Now I gotta' find a home for the never-fired Savage factory barrel in .308 caliber.

I kept my factory barrel and hand lapped it (That was a learning experience) but it came out excellent and we put it on my dad's savage and it shoots sub moa.

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[russellc]

I kept my factory barrel and hand lapped it (That was a learning experience) but it came out excellent and we put it on my dad's savage and it shoots sub moa.

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Could you elaborate on the diy hand lapping?

Thanks,
Russellc

[Ted_Feasel]

Could you elaborate on the diy hand lapping?

Thanks,
Russellc

Basically you are pouring a custom slug of lead in your Barrel that you form around some type of handle that you can push and pull with and then you coat that slug you've created with a fine lapping compound and you push it through your Barrel over and over until you achieve a mirror finish and smooth out any tight spots in the barrel

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[Evlshnngns]

I put the order in, said I can get it Thursday. We will see. I was shopping for a barrel with a faster twist than my 9.25 twist on the .243. This 8 twist 6.5 barrel came with some real good extras